The People First Podcast

This week's episode of the People First Podcast features Gill Crawshaw, a museum curator who has put together a exhibition featuring disabled artists. We visited the Leeds Industrial Museum and asked Gill some questions. Thanks to Gill for showing us round and for answering our questions.   Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and hel...

On this week's episode of the podcast we spoke to Matt, the apprentice who has started working in our office, about his apprenticeship and the work he will be doing with us. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can also support us on our social media channels - just...

On this week's episode of the People First Podcast we spoke to Wendy from the Down Syndrome Training and Support Service. We learnt a lot about the charity and the support they provide to parents and carers. We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can also support us on...

On this weeks episode of the podcast, we spoke to Wil Quick from Equality Together.  We asked him about his role and talked to him about the project that we have been working on with him.  We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can also support us on our social media channe...

On today's episode of the show, we share some of the things we learned in our sustainability training . that includes what it means and some of the things we plan to do moving forwards to be more also eco-friendly. We hope you enjoy the show!    Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can also sup...

In this week's episode of the podcast we spoke to Tony, who we have been working with on the Be Kind project to create a board game about being kind to yourself and those around you.  We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can also support us on our social media channe...

This week's Podcast episode is a special one featuring Author and Journalist Saba Salman and self-advocate and MBE Shaun Webster. We spoke to them about their projects such as public speaking, Community Living Magazine and the book Made Possible that was written by Saba featuring real stories from people with learning disabilities told in their own words. Enjoy the show. Please rate our podca...

This week's episode of the People First Podcast features Melanie from Turning Point. Turning Point is an organisation that supports a variety of people with complex needs that includes people with learning disabilities. Please enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can also suppor...

In this week's episode, we spoke to Val Preston from the Support group at the Cliffe Castle Support Group. We have been working alongside the group to create the museum pathway helping people with learning disabilities make their way around the museum. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show...

This week's episode features the group GR8 Minds, a local organisation that works on mental health and well-being in young people.  We spoke to them about what their organisation is all about and we even featured on their very own show, the GR8 Minds Podcast.  Enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show gro...

On this week's episode, we have a show about our office celebration of Nelson Mandela National Day - Mandela Day! Enjoy learning some information about Nelson Mandela and hearing some interviews from our office team from our celebrations. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can also support us...

In this weeks episode we spoke to Tracey, the leader of local service Big Soup. Big Soup offers a regular drama group, as well as a hairdressers, a drumming group, and they are currently developing a music room. Our podcast member Tom also joined in with the interview as he is also a member of Big Soup! We hope you enjoy the show. (this episode contains 1 story that uses some rude language, at abo...

In this weeks episode, we reveal some of the fantastic interviews we did at the expressions dance event at Northern Ballet. A big thanks to all of the performers who came and spoke to us, and we want to thank them for their amazing performances! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can also support...

We're very happy to have been able to talk to Suzie who is the ASDA Community Champion representative for our local branch in Keighley. Suzie came into our office to talk about some of the ways we can receive support, and we actually ended up receiving some very generous gifts for our office including biscuits, tea and coffee, milk and sugar - all to help our office function! Thanks to Suzie...

Some of our podcast team visited one of our local Craven villages for the annual pride event. While we were there we recorded a number of interviews with various people who were also visiting the event. This included other community stall owners, event organisers, and even people just enjoying their day! Listen out for yourselves or anyone that you may recognise!! Please rate our podcast and leave...

In this weeks episode of the People First Podcast. We spoke to Sophie and Emily, two wonderful guests who joined us from the organisation The National Trust. The National Trust is very important to the protection of our natural spaces and historical buildings. We asked Sophie and Emily a few questions about the National Trust and why it is important, as well as some of the different ways that you...

In our second episode about the This Is Me Festival, we share some of the interviews that we gathered while our team was actually on location at the festival. We spoke to a variety of guests, performers and groups at the event. If you want any more information about any thing we talked about, get in contact on social media or via email pfkcpodcast@peoplefirstkc.com. Please rate our podcast and lea...

Continuing our series talking about some really important issues, we spoke to Bev from Dementia Friends on this weeks episode. Being dementia friendly is something that we think is really important for any place of work or public location. We spoke to Bev about what it means to be a dementia friend and why it is so important. We also asked some questions about dementia to help us understand it mor...

After doing some work on autism awareness in our office, we decided that it would be a good idea to share that information with our listeners! Each one of our podcast team members did some research and presented their own part of this podcast. We covered things like what is ASD, what are the symptoms of ASD, some well known celebrities who have ASD and how we can support people with ASD to live no...

On this weeks episode of the People First Podcast, we spoke to Jane and Zoe who are two of the organisers of the local festival 'This Is Me' Festival which is an accessible festival for people with disabilities. We got some information about how the festival started, and about how you can get yourself along. It is taking place this Sunday (25th June) at Ripon Rugby Club, and you can book...

In this episode, we talk to Julie who is from a breast screening unit, about why breast screening is so important and why it's not as scary a process as you might think! We also talk about breast health awareness and the steps you can take yourself at home to spot any changes in your health early to make sure you get seen by a doctor as soon as you need it! Please rate our podcast and leave a...

In this episode of the People First Podcasts, we spoke to Steve from the company Sm@rt Technology. Sm@rt Technology is a company that invents devices that aim to make the lives of people who need extra support to live their daily lives. These products include such inventions as a Sm@rt Cane for people who are registered blind, or a Sm@rt Crossing that is easier to activate for people in wheelchair...

In this episode of the People First Podcast, we interview a local organisation called Eat, Move, Be Happy which is a group that is all about helping people to eat healthily and exercise regularly. We speak to Anna and Cerin about some of the classes they run and what their top tips are to stay healthy.  Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing...

The newest episode of the People First Podcast features out very own podcast team! Our team decided that they wanted to do an episode about some of the work that we have been doing in the office. We decided to do our podcast on some of the office etiquette work we have been working on over the last few months. Each one of our podcast members chose a topic to lead and talk about. Enjoy the show and...

In a very first for the People First Podcast, we interviewed Mike who is a retired palliative care consultant LIVE and ONSTAGE at an local event. Our office team asked questions live to Mike and we recorded some intros and outros to turn it into a podcast episode. We'd love to do more shows like this in the future.  We asked Mike about death and some of the planning for death of both ourselve...